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Laurent Gbagbo launches new political party in Ivory Coast 16 Oct 2021 - 07:35 pm

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast: Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo launched a new political party Saturday, formally breaking ties with those who ran his former...

Delicate GOP dance for Trump, Youngkin in Virginia governor race 16 Oct 2021 - 07:03 pm

RICHMOND, Virginia: When Donald Trump rallied Republicans this past week to vote for Glenn Youngkin for governor in Virginia, the former president called...

11 kids drowned, 10 rescued in Indonesian river cleanup 16 Oct 2021 - 05:55 pm

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Eleven students drowned and 10 others were rescued during a school outing for a river cleanup in Indonesia’s West Java Province,...

Russia's daily Covid-19 death toll at record high as vaccination program stalls 16 Oct 2021 - 03:45 pm

Moscow: Russia reported a record 1,002 deaths from coronavirus on Saturday, the first time the daily number has passed the 1,000-mark since the...

Biden to attend memorial service honoring U.S. law enforcement officers 16 Oct 2021 - 02:12 pm

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend a memorial service on Saturday at the United States Capitol to honor...

Biden to attend memorial service honoring US law enforcement officers 16 Oct 2021 - 01:47 pm

Washington: President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend a memorial service on Saturday at the United States Capitol to honor...

Teenager armed with Lego gun triggers alarm in southern Germany 16 Oct 2021 - 01:37 pm

Zurich: A teenager triggered a large-scale police operation after a restaurant owner mistook a toy gun he was carrying for a real weapon....

ASEAN excludes Myanmar junta leader from summit in rare move 16 Oct 2021 - 12:15 pm

Bandar Seri Begawan: Southeast Asian countries will invite a non-political representative from Myanmar to a regional summit this month, delivering an unprecedented snub...

UK PM Johnson visits church where lawmaker was stabbed to death 16 Oct 2021 - 12:06 pm

Leigh-on-Sea: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday laid flowers at the church where a lawmaker was stabbed to death a day earlier,...

India reopens for foreign tourists as virus infections ebb 15 Oct 2021 - 10:09 pm

NEW DELHI - India reopened to fully vaccinated foreign tourists traveling on chartered flights on Friday in the latest easing of its coronavirus...

Don't just talk - act on climate, Queen Elizabeth signals to world leaders 15 Oct 2021 - 10:05 pm

LONDON - Britain's Queen Elizabeth said she was irritated by world leaders who talk about climate change but do nothing to address global...

Canada's Trudeau to recall parliament late Nov., opposition say he is wasting time 15 Oct 2021 - 09:55 pm

OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he would reshuffle his cabinet on Oct. 26 and bring back Parliament in...

France sees spike in Covid cases just as free testing for unvaccinated ends 15 Oct 2021 - 09:44 pm

PARIS - France saw the biggest spike in new coronavirus infections since the end of July on the last day of free testing...

Shots fired in robbery attempt near Mexico City airport, suspect dead 15 Oct 2021 - 09:39 pm

MEXICO CITY - An attempted robbery turned into a shootout close to Mexico City's international airport on Friday morning in which an alleged...

US FDA advisers recommend second shot of J&J COVID-19 vaccine 15 Oct 2021 - 08:52 pm

Outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously to recommend regulators authorize a second shot of Johnson &...

Canada's healthcare system 'very fragile', even as coronavirus recedes - official 15 Oct 2021 - 08:37 pm

OTTAWA - Healthcare systems across Canada are still very fragile from efforts needed to fight COVID-19, even as signs suggest a fourth wave...

US Capitol Police officer charged with telling rioter to destroy evidence 15 Oct 2021 - 08:24 pm

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors on Friday accused a U.S. Capitol Police officer of urging a participant in the Jan. 6 attack on the...

White House to meet US Chamber of Commerce, retail leaders on vaccine rule 15 Oct 2021 - 07:31 pm

WASHINGTON - White House officials are meeting with influential industry trade groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable as...